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Mr Jolly

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PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« on: February 09, 2009, 11:27:34 am »
I have looked through the posts but can't find a problem like mine.

When I double click the psclient.exe there is a very brief hour glass flutter and then nothing. There are no errors in the Event Log. I have .Net 1, 1.1, 2, 3.1 and the latest c++ runtime. I ran through the suggested fixes :

Run the updater
Update your graphics card's drivers
Try switching to windowed/fullscreen mode
Turn on/off the vertex buffer
Disable/enable sound
Try changing GUI skins
If all else fails, try reinstalling the game

I re-installed to the C: drive incase the game didn't like other drives ( seen that before ) and still nothing. Anyone got any ideas ?

Thanks.
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2009, 12:39:12 pm »
Hello

die you try to download it again? ( Actually, I'd prefer checking md5 sums to ensure the download wasn't corrupted, but I don't know where the md5 sums can be found. )
There is also an option for the updater to check for corrupted files, it was --repair earlier, but I think it got changed.

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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2009, 01:37:08 pm »
Quote from: Sen on February 09, 2009, 12:39:12 pm
There is also an option for the updater to check for corrupted files, it was --repair earlier, but I think it got changed.

it got changed _to_ --repair
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2009, 02:50:38 pm »
Thanks, I'll try the repair option but I'm pretty sure that's not the problem. I'll update when I've tried again later.
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2009, 02:53:13 pm »
what are your exact system stats? and if you run psclient from cmd what is the exact output?
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2009, 03:58:59 pm »
Operating System:  Windows XP SP2
Processor:  Intel P4 2.8 Ghz
Graphics Card:  Nvidia 6800 GS
System Memory:  2 GB
Video Memory:  256 MB

I'll get the other info when I get home, working atm  :innocent:
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2009, 08:32:25 am »
OK, I ran the integrity check and 3 files were replaced. I ran psclient in command prompt and it went straight back to the prompt, there were no messages. I am now downloading again and will checksum the result.
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2009, 11:23:54 am »
I`ve got exacly the same problem.

Operating System: Windows XP SP2
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Graphics Card: NVIDIA Geforce 7900 GT/GTO
System Memory: 1280 MB
Video Memory: 512 MB
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2009, 11:46:50 am »
Re-installed the client and tried to run before updating and it still fails to run. I have an openal folder in my program files, could this version interfere with the dll from the client ?
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2009, 12:48:45 pm »
try opening a command prompt and running psclient.exe --verbose
hopefuly this should give you some feedback. Btw, I am using a very similar system to you guys and have no issues, XP pro (SP2) nVidia 7900, Athlon64, Gig of RAM etc.
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2009, 02:26:10 pm »
Still shows nothing. Psclient process appears for second in processes and disappear.  ::|
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2009, 02:57:54 pm »
hm i wonder... maybe it's that openal bug... i helped someone in the past that just couldn't get the game running untill this was fixed
try this http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=34258.0
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2009, 03:22:42 pm »
YES!!! That was it. Thanks!
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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2009, 03:25:44 pm »
I hoped turning off sound is enough to avoid it but I was wrong. Elvi's change has to be one of the stardard checks for a not running system, Ive seen it now helping several people...

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Re: PSclient doesn't start on Win 32 (XP SP2)
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2009, 05:42:50 pm »
glad i could help :)
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